Absonus Lab, Avenida Visconde de Salreu, nº 304, Estarreja (2026)

The Absonus Lab Association is a laboratory for contemporary electronic sound-musical experimentation and research that fosters creativity and deepens transdisciplinary advances between musical computing, art, science, and technology. It extends to research areas in acousmatic music, spatialization, performance, sound creation and technology. Absonus Lab is established as a non-profit private asso

ciation based in Estarreja, in the Central region of Portugal. This initiative began in 2022 with the aim of developing a sound and musical experimentation laboratory, promoting interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary dialogue in which research, art, technology and science come together. Its goal is to reflect on the qualities, culture, communities, means of production, and aesthetic meaning relationships between music, society, and culture in connection with avant-garde, post-industrial, and post-techno aesthetic traditions that innovate in the formal-aesthetic field of meaning and technological impact on art. Related to sound arts, digital media art, computerized music, acousmatic music and experimental electronic music within a contemporary approach. Absonus Lab is a sound and music experimental laboratory that seeks to connect art, technology, and science, promoting research and artistic creation in a transdisciplinary context. Its main objectives are:

Foster experimentation: Create a space to explore new forms of sound and musical expression, using digital technologies and innovative approaches. Promote dialogue: Stimulate the exchange of ideas between artists, researchers, and the general public, seeking new perspectives on the relationship between music, society, and technology. Decentralize artistic production: Take artistic and cultural production beyond large urban centers, democratizing access to culture and encouraging the creation of new collaboration networks. Research and disseminate knowledge: Conduct research on the relationship between art, technology, and society, and share the results of this research with the academic community and the general public. In summary, Absonus Lab is an initiative for the development of the artistic and cultural scene in Portugal, promoting innovation, experimentation, and inclusion. Located away from major urban centers, Absonus Lab aims to encourage contact and communication with the surrounding communities, promoting contemporary sound-musical and theoretical artistic production, thus contributing to a diverse and critical community of agents, artists, and enthusiasts in the Central region of Portugal, the European space, and the world.

11/06/2026

Solo: Alone in the Signal — agora em destaque no projeto Ears Have Eyes

É com muito gosto que partilho que a composição Solo: Alone in the Signal, desenvolvida nos estúdios da Absonus Lab e integrada no álbum YUGEN, foi selecionada para o episódio de junho do programa internacional Ears Have Eyes, dedicado ao tema ALGORYTHMIC: computational acoustics & virtual soundscapes.

A peça nasceu no contexto do projeto YUGEN, criado em colaboração com a coreógrafa Christine Bonansea Saulut e o artista de media Chris Ziegler, no âmbito da iniciativa europeia MODINA.
Este projeto articula motion capture, realidade virtual, dramaturgia digital e composição sonora, explorando a experiência de existir dentro de um espaço de sinal digital — um campo onde a presença se fragmenta, o corpo se converte em avatar e a identidade se transforma em ressonância.

Com uma abordagem pós‑techno, a obra investiga a tensão entre gesto humano e agência algorítmica, criando uma ecologia sonora que oscila entre incorporação virtual e materialidade acústica.

Ouvir o episódio:
https://cjsw.com/program/ears-have-eyes/episode/20260610/

Ouvir a faixa:
https://paquete.bandcamp.com/track/solo-alone-in-the-signal

Mais sobre o artista:
https://hugopaquete.com/

Escutar o sinal é habitar o invisível — sentir o espaço onde o som se transforma em pensamento.

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Ears Have Eyes – Episode June 10, 2026 Program: Ears Have Eyes Length: 60 minutes ALGORYTHMIC: computational acoustics & virtual soundscapes This month, we’re exploring the theme ALGORYTHMIC: computational acoustics & virtual soundscapes. Algorithms are increasingly shaping our world, sculpting ...

09/06/2026

We haven’t been very active on social media lately — for a good reason. Absonus Lab is currently collaborating with Hugo Paquete, CEEC‑FCT researcher at INET‑md, University of Aveiro, on the FCT-funded project AI as Catalyst: Transformative Impacts on Digital Performance, Computer Music, and Cultural Creativity (2026–2029). Together, we are exploring AI‑Chimera, meta‑listening, and post-digital sonic ecologies through experimental sound research and tool-making. We’ll be sharing news and updates soon as this work unfolds.

26/04/2026

SPACE, TIME, IMPROV (a recovery continuum)
An experimental essay film by José Carlos Teixeira, 2026.

An experimental film composed of interwoven fragments: inhabited architecture, spatial immersion, observational practice, and musical improvisations for piano and voice. The conceptual basis derives from negentropy – creating order out of chaos.

Three main dimensions converge:
Architecture and the cinematic gaze
Daily life and domestic spaces
Free-form musical explorations

These facets come together as an intimate digital ecology in the form of a short video.

Dysfunction and unpredictability are harnessed as aesthetic material. The work connects universal experiences of space, time, and how we navigate the world.
Music is an essential element. The power of raw voice and sound operates where visuality alone cannot.
Between exterior (space, family) and interior (voice, gaze), the film oscillates from macro to micro, intimate to social, even political.
Documentary yet subjective, performative and poetic, the work reflects states of loss, pain, exile, silence, solitude, isolation, resilience, patience, calmness, and redemption.

It resists linear timeline and hyper-logical coherence. Open interpretation is welcome.
It is a process. Ever evolving, unfolding. Transcending.

— José Carlos Teixeira

About the film
Title: SPACE, TIME, IMPROV (a recovery continuum)
Duration: 14'45"
Format: 4K / HD video, color, sound
Piano and voice: José Carlos Teixeira
Additional soundscapes: James Blake (remix)
Production: Absonus Lab – Negentropy Nexus Online Residency
Support: República Portuguesa – Cultura / DGARTES

Locations:

Frank Lloyd Wright – Samuel and Dorothy Eppstein House (1953), Galesburg, Michigan
Chicago skyline
Madison, WI streets

About the artist
José Carlos Teixeira (b. 1977, Porto, Portugal) is a visual artist, filmmaker, researcher and educator. His interdisciplinary work spans video-essay, documentary, installation, text and photography. He holds an MFA from UCLA Art Department (Interdisciplinary Studio) and a BFA from the University of Porto. His work has been exhibited at LACE, Hammer Museum, UnionDocs, Anthology Film Archives, MAAT, Museu do Porto, Gulbenkian Foundation, and many others. He is the recipient of a Fulbright Grant, a Gulbenkian Foundation Scholarship, and the SMHAF Experimental Film Award (2019), among others.

www.josecarlosteixeira.com (under construction)
18thstreet.org/artists/jose-carlos-teixeira
openspace.sfmoma.org/2021/04/translations

Watch the film:
The video link is available upon request.
Please send us a message or email [email protected] to request access.

Endereço

Avenida Visconde De Salreu, Nº 304
Estarreja
3860-370

Website

http://absonuslab.org/

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